by Susan | Oct 5, 2022 | Grief
I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.~J.R.R. Tolkien Sometimes things sting. Even when it’s not your pain. Last week my youngest son lost a friend. She was 20 years old and had just passed her nursing boards. She was going places and, on the way,...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2022 | Awareness, Gestalt, Grief, Medical
Today would have been Mike’s 63rd birthday. He left the planet just over four years ago. There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think of him. The night before last I went to bed with some worries on my mind. He came to me in a dream to show me that everything was...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2022 | Gestalt, Grief, Horses
As I sit here with the dog I wonder about the timing of life. Timing can be magical and divine. Or not. There are times when the world seems to be throwing everything at me at once. The catastrophes keep coming one after another. Then it calms down for a moment. I had...
by Susan | Jun 15, 2021 | Grief, Relationships
After a year we finally completed the celebration of life for my dad. It was a daunting task and I’d be lying if I said it went off without a hitch. I spent most of the week before going through old pictures to put in a video. Fortunately, he had scanned the old...
by Susan | May 4, 2021 | Awareness, Grief
Thirty-five years ago, on the first Saturday in May, I walked down the aisle to be married. Little did I know where that short walk would take me. First for those of you who follow it the first Saturday in May is Kentucky Derby day. How could someone who loved...
by Susan | Apr 20, 2021 | Caregiving, EGC, Grief, Horses
Listen to an interview with Joan from Three Hawks Haven and Hawks on the Wire. I talk about how the horses helped me through Mike’s illness and death and to survive breast cancer. I also give tips on how to keep from getting burned out as a caregiver. If...
